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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  10. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  11. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  12. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  16. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  17. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  18. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
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